Connecting youth in China and Africa
Photo taken on on December 8 shows the award ceremony of the Second CHINAFRICA Short Video Competition. (People s Daily Online/Wang Lei) Award ceremonies of the Second CHINAFRICA Short Video Competition were held simultaneously in Beijing, Cape Town, and Dakar on December 8. Themed “Working Hand in Hand for a Shared Future,” the competition aims to promote China-Africa friendship and enhance people-to-people understanding. A short video based on the life and work of an African football coach in China won the grand prize. Through the video, I hope to present a real story of people-to-people exchange between China and Africa,” said Xu Wei, one of the creators of the video. The short video recounts how Pategou Kamgang Francis, a football coach from Cameroon, trains the youth in China.